Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 3, Issue 3

62 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 energy and energy efficiency company, which resulted in plans for a solar array installation, a town-wide conversion to LED lighting, and a complete replacement of their HVAC systems to enhance sustainability and lower energy usage. “We’ve taken sustainability seriously,” Billingsly insists. “We’ve already got one solar array here but we’ll be adding up to four more to offset the town’s energy usage. Another project that’s going to be absolutely huge to us is converting all of our existing street lighting, which is usually a low-pressure sodium, to LED. We’re even taking that to another level with a Smart City Initiative that’s going to allow us to auto-dim the lights, track the maintenance of those lights, and have the ability to do all kinds of neat little things with control of those lights. If we ever have a situation where we need to evacuate folks, ideally we’d be able to control these lights as part of a county-wide emergency plan, to indicate an exit route out of town.” Moreaccurateutilitybilling.Reduced laborcosts. Improvedwaterconservation.The impacts ofpartneringwithourMeterandAutomationGroupbenefiteveryone.We’vehelpedcountless municipalities identify theirneedsandenhance theirwaterutility systems throughadvanced metering infrastructureandautomaticmeter reading solutions. MAKING CITIES SMARTER FERGUSON.COM/METERS ©2022FergusonEnterprises, LLC 0000 0000 For more information, email meters@ferguson.com.